Kinoko Nasu

Kinoko Nasu
is a Japanese author, best known for writing the light novel The Garden of Sinners and visual novels Tsukihime and Fate/stay night, and a co-founder of Type-Moon. He graduated from Hosei University with a major in human science.
Biography
Together with his junior high school classmate and friend Takashi Takeuchi, Nasu formed Type-Moon in 2000, originally as a dōjin group to create the visual novel Tsukihime, which soon gained immense popularity. His influences include Hideyuki Kikuchi, Yukito Ayatsuji, Soji Shimada, Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Kenji Takemoto, Ken Ishikawa and Yasuhiro Nightow.
After the success of Tsukihime, Type-Moon became a commercial organization. A sequel to Tsukihime, Kagetsu Tohya, was released in August 2001. On 28 January 2004, Type-Moon released Fate/stay night, written by Nasu; it, too, gained great success, becoming one of the most popular visual novels on the day of its release. A sequel to Fate/stay night, Fate/hollow ataraxia, was released on 28 October 2005. Nasu's visual novel work has been adapted to extremely popular manga and anime series.
Works
Among his earlier works are the novels Kara no Kyōkai, originally released in 1998 and re-printed in 2004, Angel Notes, Mahōtsukai no Yoru and Kōri no Hana.
Novels
Kara no Kyōkai also called Garden of Sinners - originally released in 1998 and re-printed in 2004. It was also re-released in a three-volume format with new illustrations in 2007
Decoration Disorder Disconnection
Tsuki no Sango (Moon’s Coral)
Mahōtsukai no Yoru
Notes. (Angel Voice)
Clock Tower 2015
Garden Of Avalon
Avalon le Fae Synopsys
Visual novels
Tsukihime (2000)
Kagetsu Tohya (2001) – Fan-disc of Tsukihime.
Fate/stay night (2004)
Fate/hollow ataraxia (2005) – Fan-disc of Fate/stay night.
428: Shibuya Scramble (2008) – Nasu wrote a special scenario for the game, with fellow Type-Moon co-founder Takashi Takeuchi providing the character designs. This scenario got a sequel as an anime, Canaan.
Mahōtsukai no Yoru (2012) – Adaptation of the novel.
Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- (2021) – Remake of Tsukihime Near-Side Route.
Tsukihime -The other side of red garden- (TBA) – Remake of Tsukihime Far-Side Route.
Video games
Melty Blood - Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code (2002 - 2016) – Story dialogue
Fate/Extra (2010) – Story dialogue
Fate/Extra CCC (2013) - Storyline Writer
Fate/Grand Order (2015) - Composition, Screenplay & Supervision. Storyline and dialogue for several main story chapters, including Singularity F: Fuyuki, Sixth Singularity: Camelot, Seventh Singularity: Babylonia, Final Singularity: Solomon, Prologue/December 31st 2019, Lostbelt No.5: Olympus (along Hikaru Sakurai), Lostbelt No.6: Avalon le Fae and Lostbelt No.7: Nahui Mictlan. It also includes the main story related event Abyssal Cyber Space: SE.RA.PH and the summer events Servant Festival and Servant Festival 2023, along several lesser others.
Fate/Extella (2016) - Main Scenario writer.
Fate/Extella Link (2018) - Scenario supervisor
Melty Blood: Type Lumina (2021) – Storyline dialogue
Fate/Extra Record (TBA) – Story dialogue
Anime
Fate/Grand Order: Moonlight/Lostroom (2017) - Script
Fate/Extra Last Encore (2018) - Series Composition, Original Concept
Films
Fate/Grand Order: Camelot - Wandering; Agaterám (2020)
Fate/Grand Order: Camelot - Paladin; Agaterám (2021)
Fate/Grand Order Final Singularity - Grand Temple of Time: Solomon (2021)
References
External links
Kinoko Nasu's and Takashi Takeuchi's official website and online diary
Type-Moon's official website
Kinoko Nasu manga in Media Arts Database
Kinoko Nasu anime listing in Media Arts Database
1973 births
20th-century Japanese novelists
21st-century Japanese novelists
Anime screenwriters
Dark fantasy writers
Japanese writers
Japanese fantasy writers
Japanese screenwriters
Japanese video game designers
Living people
Type-Moon
Writers of modern Arthurian fiction